http://noorduyn.server265.com/weblog.html The Noorduyn Norseman Site Web Log by Julie Boddy en-us http://noorduyn.server265.com/weblog.html http://www.blogstudio.com/BlogCSS.gif The Noorduyn Norseman Site Web Log by Julie Boddy Sun, 23 Aug 2009 08:12:41 CDT Sun, 23 Aug 2009 08:12:41 CDT Blog Studio http://www.blogstudio.com/SearchResults.php?Mode=G&Action=BL_Blog&Method=searchPosts&Subject=Introduction&Display=YES&Id=1041556782203000127346608558&OpenNew=NO&TargetMessageId=1251032785620 Hello, and greetings from Newcastle! My husband and I have been back from our North American adventure for a couple weeks now. Unfortunately we both came back to very nasty colds and lots of work, so this is the first chance Iɖe had since my return to dive into the site. For those of you who arenɔ aware, Will and I went to the annual Norseman Festival in Red Lake, Ontario in July. We also visited my family in Ohio and took a couple days vacation in Chicago. It was an amazing trip a... All Sun, 23 Aug 2009 08:06:25 CDT http://www.blogstudio.com/SearchResults.php?Mode=G&Action=BL_Blog&Method=searchPosts&Subject=Introduction&Display=YES&Id=1041556782203000127346608558&OpenNew=NO&TargetMessageId=1247340041861 Thought I would share this article recently printed in the Kenora Miner newspaper: Thanks to Phil Gies for sending it on!! Visit his air traffic control site at: www.winnipegacc.org/ Phil also sent on a collection of aerial pics of the Cartierville Airport taken between 1929 and 1998. The collection comes from his friend Alan Browne - thanks to both of them for allowing me to post these on my site. To view the pics, please go to NoorduynNorseman.com.... All Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:20:41 CDT http://www.blogstudio.com/SearchResults.php?Mode=G&Action=BL_Blog&Method=searchPosts&Subject=Introduction&Display=YES&Id=1041556782203000127346608558&OpenNew=NO&TargetMessageId=1236029328190 There are efforts underway to nominate my great-grandfather, RBC Noorduyn, to the Canadian Aviation Hall of Fame. These efforts are being led by a third party who has contacted me for a letter of support. This individual is in need of additional support besides just my family to push the nomination through the qualification process. If you are interested in contributing to this effort, please contact me at julie@noorduynnorseman.com and I will provide further details. Cheers! Julie Boddy ju... All Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:28:48 CST http://www.blogstudio.com/SearchResults.php?Mode=G&Action=BL_Blog&Method=searchPosts&Subject=Introduction&Display=YES&Id=1041556782203000127346608558&OpenNew=NO&TargetMessageId=1232906306426 See the full article at: http://authortree.com/edzaruk... All Sun, 25 Jan 2009 11:58:26 CST http://www.blogstudio.com/SearchResults.php?Mode=G&Action=BL_Blog&Method=searchPosts&Subject=Introduction&Display=YES&Id=1041556782203000127346608558&OpenNew=NO&TargetMessageId=1231003644328 Attention users: You will start noticing changes to the website occuring over the next few months. I am starting the slow process of upgrading the site, fixing broken links and making general improvements. Please bear with me during this process. Thanks for your support.... All Sat, 03 Jan 2009 11:27:24 CST http://www.blogstudio.com/SearchResults.php?Mode=G&Action=BL_Blog&Method=searchPosts&Subject=Introduction&Display=YES&Id=1041556782203000127346608558&OpenNew=NO&TargetMessageId=1227087481660 Hello everyone ! Just a quick note to let you know that I've started a Norseman group on the Flickr photo sharing site where I am posting some of the pictures I receive from fans of the Norseman as well as some pics from my own collection. Please feel free to check out the pictures as well as contribute your own norseman pictures. Here's the link: http://www.flickr.com/groups/noorduynnorseman Thanks! Julie... All Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:38:01 CST http://www.blogstudio.com/SearchResults.php?Mode=G&Action=BL_Blog&Method=searchPosts&Subject=Introduction&Display=YES&Id=1041556782203000127346608558&OpenNew=NO&TargetMessageId=1225367261063 Hello Norseman Friends ! I know I have been a bit remiss in updating the site, and for that I do apologise. That said, I received a great story and some pics from a fellow Norseman enthusiast in Louisville, KY which I'd like to share with you, so to get it out there quickly, I'm posting his story and pics for you here. Enjoy and thanks again to Liam for the wonderful contribution! September, 2008 Hi Julie, You have a great website - I've visited it a few times over the years. Finall... Miscellaneous Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:47:41 CST http://www.blogstudio.com/SearchResults.php?Mode=G&Action=BL_Blog&Method=searchPosts&Subject=Introduction&Display=YES&Id=1041556782203000127346608558&OpenNew=NO&TargetMessageId=1219919770294 Hello there Noorduyn friends. I am writing with some sad news unfortunately. After a long battle with Alzheimer's, my grandpa Bob Noorduyn (RBC Noorduyn's son) has passed away. He has been unwell for about the last month, and over the last week he had a stroke of some sort and died peacefully last night. Grandpa didn't want a funeral of any sort and made my mother promise she would not hold one, so instead she will be having a very informal memorial for him on September 7th in Columbus, Oh... All Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:36:10 CDT http://www.blogstudio.com/SearchResults.php?Mode=G&Action=BL_Blog&Method=searchPosts&Subject=Introduction&Display=YES&Id=1041556782203000127346608558&OpenNew=NO&TargetMessageId=1212862870371 Hello friends ! I know that so far I haven't made good on promises to create a wiki or blog for noorduynnorseman.com, and I must admit it's partially out of laziness and the other part is due to the fact I've spent the last 6 month adjusting to my new life in England (which is quite the culture shock at times!). Excuses, excuses... yeah, I know. Anyway, I decided to scan some new pics in for all to see and I've posted the master images on my flickr account for all to see - finally, huh? Bel... All Sat, 07 Jun 2008 13:21:10 CDT http://www.blogstudio.com/SearchResults.php?Mode=G&Action=BL_Blog&Method=searchPosts&Subject=Introduction&Display=YES&Id=1041556782203000127346608558&OpenNew=NO&TargetMessageId=1208938119840 Hello friends! A gentleman named Justin Cuffe (justin_cuffe@yahoo.com (justin_cuffe@yahoo.com) is nominating my great-grandfather RBC Noorduyn for induction into the Canadian Aviation Hall of Fame. He needs four additional references to support this induction. If any of you are interested in participating, please contact Justin or myself via email. Thank you, Julie Hicks www.noorduynnorseman.com... General Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:08:39 CDT http://www.blogstudio.com/SearchResults.php?Mode=G&Action=BL_Blog&Method=searchPosts&Subject=Introduction&Display=YES&Id=1041556782203000127346608558&OpenNew=NO&TargetMessageId=1198864061097 I received the following email and thought maybe some of you out there in the Norseman world may be of help to this gentleman. Please contact him directly if you have any information. Thanks! -- Julie Hi Julie, My father Franᷩs Fontaine (1916-1967) before being drafted in 1942, was an employee at Noorduyn. I have a cut picture from the Macleans Magazine in 1941 showing him and a fellow employee Peter Lambrose at the plant. I don't have the article itself though. Do you have any d... Correspondence Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:47:41 CST http://www.blogstudio.com/SearchResults.php?Mode=G&Action=BL_Blog&Method=searchPosts&Subject=Introduction&Display=YES&Id=1041556782203000127346608558&OpenNew=NO&TargetMessageId=1197635247242 Thought I would share this note I got from Bub Burman today... Yes, I've flow in a Norseman. Back in 1953 I flew co-pilot with Bruce Hallock who was selling N59888 to the Summer Institute of Linguistics. Bruce's wife, Enid was "radio op" on the manifest, though Bruce did all the radio contact. We flew from Austin, TX to Lima, Peru, thru Central America and down the west Coast of South America. As a member of SIL (and the Wycliffe Bible Translators) I then flew co-pilot for the next two years... Letters Fri, 14 Dec 2007 06:27:27 CST http://www.blogstudio.com/SearchResults.php?Mode=G&Action=BL_Blog&Method=searchPosts&Subject=Introduction&Display=YES&Id=1041556782203000127346608558&OpenNew=NO&TargetMessageId=1196008706221 Hello everyone... Just wanted to give a quick update. I am finally settling all of my personal and career business that has kept me from spending any time on the site or anything else to do with the Norseman. I have moved to the UK and I am starting a new job next week. I anticipate that as soon as things settle down with my career and the holidays, I will have much more time to work on Norseman related items. That said, I want everyone to know that I plan to completely redo the site next yea... News Updates Sun, 25 Nov 2007 10:38:26 CST http://www.blogstudio.com/SearchResults.php?Mode=G&Action=BL_Blog&Method=searchPosts&Subject=Introduction&Display=YES&Id=1041556782203000127346608558&OpenNew=NO&TargetMessageId=1144376324969 Just a quick note to all the NoorduynNorseman.com visitors..... Thank you for your patronage to my site and for all the emails of support. I have been very busy this last year with travelling abroad and various family issues so I have not had time to spend on the site like I would like. It's been a rough year but I still have many plans of updates to the site. Please be patient as I have so many things to post and share, and please keep up the encouragement by posting on my weblog and in the... Site Announcement Thu, 06 Apr 2006 21:18:44 CDT http://www.blogstudio.com/SearchResults.php?Mode=G&Action=BL_Blog&Method=searchPosts&Subject=Introduction&Display=YES&Id=1041556782203000127346608558&OpenNew=NO&TargetMessageId=1136371015845 Just in case you haven't heard yet... People at the Dutch National Aviation Theme Park Aviodrome are restoring a Noorduyn Norseman: http://www.aviodrome.nl/collectie/projecten/norseman/ ber2005.asp"... Miscellaneous Wed, 04 Jan 2006 04:36:55 CST http://www.blogstudio.com/SearchResults.php?Mode=G&Action=BL_Blog&Method=searchPosts&Subject=Introduction&Display=YES&Id=1041556782203000127346608558&OpenNew=NO&TargetMessageId=1136370328983 Tony Lyver sent me this link to a site which gives information on the various Norsemans produced, listed by Construction Number. I haven't checked it against my grandfather's records to ensure complete accuracy but from what I can see, it's a great reference resource for Norseman enthusiasts. Check it out! ttp://www.mts.net/~donmag/Aircraft.htm... Miscellaneous Wed, 04 Jan 2006 04:25:28 CST